Makemo

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Makemo is a large, sparsely populated coral atoll in French Polynesia’s Tuamotu Archipelago, known for its long lagoon and traditional Polynesian culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf atoll
commune of France
adminCenterOf Commune of Makemo
airportIATAcode MKP
airportICAOcode NTGM
belongsTo Îles Tuamotu-Gambier administrative subdivision
capital Pouheva
climate tropical oceanic climate
country France
discoveredByEuropeans Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet
linked to: Louis de Freycinet
discoveryYearByEuropeans 1819
governedAs commune within French Polynesia
hasAdministrativePart Haraiki
Hiti
Katiu
Marutea Nord
Nihiru
Raroia
Taenga
Taenga Atoll
Takume
Tepoto Sud
Tuanake
hasAirport Makemo Airport
hasEconomicActivity copra production
pearl oyster farming
tourism
hasFeature fringing reef
large lagoon
motu islets
hasGeologicalType coral atoll
hasLocalLanguage Tahitian
Tuamotuan
hasOfficialLanguage French
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
knownFor lagoon fisheries
pearl farming
traditional Polynesian culture
lagoonArea approximately 603 square kilometres
landArea approximately 56 square kilometres
largestSettlement Pouheva
length about 65 kilometres
locatedIn French Polynesia
Pacific Ocean
Tuamotu Archipelago
locatedInTimeZone UTC−10:00
partOf Overseas collectivity of French Polynesia
linked to: French Polynesia
population approximately 800 inhabitants
populationDensity sparsely populated
width about 16 kilometres

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